LaGrange, Georgia Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Notable people== *[[J. Paul Austin]] - Chairman, President, and CEO of [[The Coca-Cola Company]], born in LaGrange. *[[Ryan Bliss (baseball)|Ryan Bliss]] β minor league baseball player in the [[Seattle Mariners]] organization, grew up in LaGrange *[[Hammett L. Bowen Jr.]] β recipient of [[Medal of Honor]] *[[Mary G. Bryan]] β archivist *[[Chris Burnette]] β NFL player *[[Austin Callaway]] β 16-year-old African American youth lynched by whites on September 8, 1940 *[[Fuller Earle Callaway]] β textile magnate<ref>Gary N. Mock, [http://www.textilehistory.org/FullerECallaway.html "Fuller E. Callaway, LaGrange, GA,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822012652/http://www.textilehistory.org/FullerECallaway.html |date=2011-08-22 }} textilehistory.org/, 2009.</ref> *[[Daz Cameron]] β [[Major League Baseball]] player *[[Mike Cameron]] β former [[Major League Baseball]] player *[[Wallace H. Clark Jr.]] β pathologist and cancer researcher; born (c.1924) and raised in LaGrange *[[Joyce Grable]] β former professional wrestler; born (c. 1952) and raised in LaGrange *[[Jimmy Haynes]] β Major League Baseball player *[[Albert E. Jarrell]] β Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy; born in Rome, Georgia, but raised in LaGrange *[[Tom Jarriel]] β [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] news correspondent; born in LaGrange in 1934 *[[John Johnson (linebacker)|John Johnson]] β [[National Football League]] (NFL) player *[[Elijah Kelley]] β actor *[[David Kelton]] β Major League Baseball player *[[Mike Lazzo]] β network executive for [[Adult Swim]] *[[Wynona Lipman]] (1923β1999) β first African-American woman elected to [[New Jersey Senate]] *[[Randolph Mahaffey]] β professional basketball player, born in LaGrange *[[Chips Moman|Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman]] β record producer and songwriter *[[Lewis Render Morgan]] β Georgia state representative and judge *[[Fred Newman (actor)|Fred Newman]] β actor *[[Bubba Sparxxx]] β rapper<ref>Birchmeier, Jason (2006). [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bubba-sparxxx-mn0000635466/biography "Bubba Sparxxx > Biography"]. allmusic. Retrieved 2021-08-21</ref> *[[James M. Sprayberry]] β recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]] *[[Dernell Stenson]] β Major League Baseball Player *[[Horace Ward]] β first African-American federal judge in Georgia; also first person to attempt to integrate University of Georgia law school *[[Carla Williams (athletic director)|Carla Williams]] - Athletic Director at the [[Virginia Cavaliers|University of Virginia]] *[[Wesley Woodyard]] β NFL player *[[Louis Tompkins Wright]] β physician, graduate of [[Harvard Medical School]], first African-American physician to be appointed to staff of a New York City municipal hospital; notable for many scientific breakthroughs, including introduction of intradermal smallpox vaccination Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page